>> >> If I'm understanding the su correctly, and vdr must be run as root but >> the >> date set will be done by another user, I can't see the point! If you're >> running vdr as root you're already running an 'untrusted' application >> with >> full machine rights. Why then switch to another user just for the date >> set? > It's exactly the opposite: VDR drops all root privileges, except the > capability to set the time. > > S. I'm confused. So you run VDR as root or not??
